Vicente PERNIA and his two sons

Vicente Pernía is a former Argentine professional footballer and a Boca Juniors
Legend. Pernia known as El Tano (a dialect originated and developed in the late
19th and early 20th centuries in the lower classes in Buenos Aires) started his
football career with Estudiantes de La Plata in 1969, where he played until his
transfer to Boca Juniors in 1973. During his time at Boca Pernía won a number of
titles, including 3 league titles, 2 Copa Libertadores and 1 intercontinental
Cup. Pernía played a total of 270 games for Boca in all competitions and still
holds the record for the Boca player to have been sent off the most times with 13
red cards. After the chain of successes under coach Juan Carlos Lorenzo, he was
sold to Vélez Sársfield at the end of 1981 after being left out of new coach
Silvio Marzolini's plans. Pernía retired from playing football in 1982. But
Vicente PERNIA was unlucky with the national team. As he was widely hailed as the
best Argentine right defender of his time, he missed two world cups (1974 & 1978). Each time the national manager chose not to call him probably after some
rude altercations in friendly matches. From 1973 to 1977 he had only 10 caps
meanwhile he was the best defender in the country. His last game with Argentina
versus Scotland he was sent off for repeated violent fouls against Willie
Johnston one year before the 1978 World Cup. Then Menotti improvised fullback
Jorge Olguín in the position. Olguín played both the 1978 and the 1982 FIFA World
Cups. It was rumored that the personal preferences of some members of the
military junta that ruled Argentina played a part in the decision.

If it's true
it's so sad for Pernia who never played only one world cup game. But his son
played in the 2006 world cup for.....Spain ! Born in Argentina, Mariano Pernía
represented the Spanish national team in the 2006 World Cup. Pernía's excellent
form throughout 2005–06 made him a contender for international selection with
both Argentina and Spain. Although born in Argentina, he was granted Spanish
citizenship in May 2006. Initially, national team boss Luis Aragonés opted not to
pick Pernía for the Spanish team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup – his reasoning was
entirely legal and explained under current FIFA rules on squad selection. Asier
del Horno was supposed to be first-choice leftback for the competition, but an
ankle injury sustained in the build-up to the tournament saw Pernía
controversially called-up as his replacement. In the last friendly before the
tournament in Germany he made his debut against Croatia, and scored from a free-
kick on 7 June 2006 in a match played in Geneva. Surprisingly, Pernía came from
third-choice to starter, and appeared in the final stages in group wins against
Ukraine and Tunisia, and also in their round-of-16 loss to France.
And another of Pernía's sons follows in his footsteps. It's the outstanding second career of Vicente Pernia ! In the 1980s, Pernía reinvented himself as a stock-car driver in Argentina's TC and TC2000 categories. He won a few races, obtaining in 1996 the Subchampionship of Turismo Carretera !! His other son Leonel races in TC2000 and the World Touring Car Championship !